Bearing-bracket for uncoupling-levers.



No. 833,105. PATENTED OCT. 9, 1906.

J. H. YOUNG.

BEARING BRACKET FOR UNGOUPLING LEVBRS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.21.1906.

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JOHN H. YOUNG, OF COLORADO CITY, COLORADO. BEARING-BRACKET FORUNCOUPLlNG-LEVERS Specification of Letters Patent. Application filedApril 21, 1906. seriaii'ro. 312,994.

Patented Oct. 9, 1906.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JoHN H. YOUNG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Colorado City, in the county of El Paso and State ofColorado, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bearing-Bracketsfor Uncoupling-Levere, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bearing-brackets for uncouplinglevers, theobject of the invention being to provide simple means whereby theuncoupling-lever on a car may be readily removed when broken, bent, orinjured and readily replaced by another lever without the necessityofremoving the bearings which hold the lever in its operative position.

With the above general object in view the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts herein fullydescribed, illustrated, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of one endof a car, showing the invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlargedelevation of the improved bearing-bracket. Fig. 3 is a side or edge viewof the same. Fig. 4 is a top planview thereof.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates an ordinary railway-car havingthe usual drawbar 2, provided with a coupling 3, 4 designating thecoupling pin, which is movable vertically into and out of engagementwith the shank or tailpiece of the knuckle 5 for locking and unlockingthe latter.

The usual form of pin-lifting lever comprises the rock-shaft or journalportion 6, the pin-liftinglever arm 7, extending outward from one endthereofand connected by a chain ling-pin 4, and the hand-manipulatedpinift lever, (properly indicated at 9,) which is usually located nearthe end of the car-sill, as shown in Fig. 1. Adjacent to its inner endthe shaft portion 6 of the lever is mounted in a bearing 10, the.opening of which is sufficiently large to allow the pin-,

lift lever as a whole to-be removed therefrom. Adjacent to its outer endthe shaft portion 6 of the lever is supported by and j ournaled in thebearing-bracket, which forms the subject-matter of this invention. Thisbracket 1 embodies a base 11, provided with holes 12 to receivefasteners, by which the bracket is secured to the end of the car.outward from the base near the lower portion thereof is a pair of lugs13, between which is mounted on a pivot 14 the lower end Extendingpivotal oint.

In side elevation the movable member 15 resembles the letter C, and theupper end thereof is provided with an opening to receive a removableretainer-pin 16, which passes through a pair of lugs 17, extendingoutward from the upper portion of the base 11, the upper end of themember 15 fitting between the lugs 17 and being held by the pin 16, theshank or end portion of which is preferably split, as shown at 18, sothat such end may be spread to prevent the pin from escaping. The innersurface of the member 15 is rounded out, as shown at 19, to form abearing for the shaft portion 6 of the lever, and said shaft portion 6has an extra bearing or a rest or stationary support 20, which extendsoutward from the base 11 and has its upper surface dished or concaved toconform to the surface of the shaft portion 6, as clearly shown in Fig.3.

When the pin-lift lever becomes broken or injured and unfit for furtheruse, the pin 16 is removed, which frees the movable section 15 and thecorresponding end of the pin-lift lever, which is then removed bysliding the same through the loose bearing 10. A new lever is insertedin the same manner, and it will be noted that the stationary support 20forms a rest for the outer end of said lever while the attendant ismoving the section 15 back to place to confine the lever and insertingthe retainer-pin 16 inits proper place to fasten the movable section 15.

I olaim- The combination with the journal portion of a pin-lift lever,of a bearing-bracket embodyingafixed base a movable section adapted toopen up the bearing to release and admit said ournal portion, retainingmeans for the movable section, and a flange projecting outward from thebase and forming a fixed bearing member and a rest for supporting thelever during the movement of the movable section of the bearing-bracket.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. YOUNG.

Witnesses:

W. H. ROWE, JOHN BROWN.

